Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22276
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022276
Alternate number:
47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Taoist Ghost Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, brown, green and blue features, black skull cap, green beard, back of neck and head is blue. B. Body with legs: white cloth, Hands: white wood, Book: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, black and white, sequins, mirros and blue fringe.
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
Culture or time period:
Taiwanese
Collector:
The Hsu Family
Collection date:
ca. 1910-1950
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hand puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 15, 2003
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 26 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Comment:
Some sequins are missing.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22276, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Ghost Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, brown, green and blue features, black skull cap, green beard, back of neck and head is blue. B. Body with legs: white cloth, Hands: white wood, Book: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, black and white, sequins, mirros and blue fringe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22276, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Ghost Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, brown, green and blue features, black skull cap, green beard, back of neck and head is blue. B. Body with legs: white cloth, Hands: white wood, Book: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, black and white, sequins, mirros and blue fringe.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22276, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Ghost Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, brown, green and blue features, black skull cap, green beard, back of neck and head is blue. B. Body with legs: white cloth, Hands: white wood, Book: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, black and white, sequins, mirros and blue fringe.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22276, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Ghost Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, brown, green and blue features, black skull cap, green beard, back of neck and head is blue. B. Body with legs: white cloth, Hands: white wood, Book: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, black and white, sequins, mirros and blue fringe.

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